PIKESVILLE, Md. — A Prince George's County man was killed in a wrong-way crash on I-695 early this morning.
Police said the at-fault driver is believed to have been driving drunk.
It happened at about 2:37 a.m. on the outer loop, near Stevenson Road in Pikesville, said Maryland State Police.
The outer loop was shut down in that area until 6:30 a.m.
The preliminary investigation shows that Liluram Paudel, 34, who is believed to have been driving drunk, was driving a Toyota Corolla and entered the Beltway going the wrong way, near Reisterstown Road.
He crashed head-on into a Chevrolet Malibu driven by a Nottingham man, 64-year-old John Quame De Love.
The victim was pronounced dead at the scene.
Paudel, along with a passenger in his car (Kashiram Khatri) was taken to Sinai Hospital.
Police cautioned that this information is preliminary and the investigation continues.
